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The Solar Convection SpectrumI helped to complete a research project with NASA scientists Dr. David Hathaway (my mentor), Rick Bogart, and John Beck from the SOHO/SOI collaboration. Our published paper in 'Solar Physics' was titled 'The Solar Convection Spectrum' (April 2000). Two of my undergraduate students were named on the paper--Gavrav Khutri and Josh Petitto. Gavrav also wrote a short paper for the National Conference of Undergraduate Research Proceedings in 1998 using a preliminary result. Our main result was that we show no evidence of a scale of convection named 'mesogranulation'. Instead, we see only direct evidence for the well-known scales of convection known as graduation and supergranulation. We are also completing work on vertical versus horizontal flow fluxes at the solar surface. I continue to work on phase relationships of solar activity indicators, but I have not yet written a paper with my students on this topic. Along with my research results, I have developed and augmented undergraduate courses at Birmingham-Southern College by myself and with other faculty. We have included new labs and observations, speakers from NASA and elsewhere, new subject material related to NASA and space science. I have done a great deal of work in outreach, mostly as President and other offices in the Birmingham Astronomical Society. My work includes speaking, attracting speakers, giving workshops, and governing.
Document ID
20010038805
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Contractor or Grantee Report
Authors
Bachmann, Kurt T.
(Birmingham Southern Coll. Birmingham, AL United States)
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2000
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-1280
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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